Full time15 March 1986
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1986Head-to-head
Scotland won by 1 point.
Scoring
- –CIreland conversion · Michael Kiernan2–0
- –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan5–0
- –TIreland try · Trevor Ringland9–0
- –PScotland penalty · Gavin Hastings9–3
- –PScotland penalty · Gavin Hastings9–6
- –TScotland try · Roy Laidlaw9–10
Line-ups
Ireland
- 1Phil OrrProp
- 2Ciaran FitzgeraldHooker
- 3Des FitzgeraldProp
- 4Donal LenihanSecond row
- 5Bran McCallSecond row
- 6Robert MorrowFlanker
- 7Nigel CarrFlanker
- 8Willie AndersonNumber 8
- 9Michael BradleyScrum-half
- 10Tony WardFly-half
- 11Keith CrossanWing
- 12Michael KiernanCentre
- 13Brendan MullinCentre
- 14Trevor RinglandWing
- 15Hugo MacNeillFull-back
- 16Jim McCoyBench
- 17Harry HarbisonBench
- 18Paul CollinsBench
- 19Rab BradyBench
- 20ID BrownBench
- 21Philip RaineyBench
Scotland
- 1Alex BrewsterProp
- 2Colin DeansHooker
- 3Iain MilneProp
- 4Alister CampbellSecond row
- 5Iain PaxtonSecond row
- 6John JeffreyFlanker
- 7Finlay CalderFlanker
- 8John BeattieNumber 8
- 9Roy LaidlawScrum-half
- 10John RutherfordFly-half
- 11Roger BairdWing
- 12Scott HastingsCentre
- 13David JohnstonCentre
- 14Keith RobertsonWing
- 15Gavin HastingsFull-back
- 16Norrie RowanBench
- 17Gary CallanderBench
- 18Derek WhiteBench
- 19Stuart JohnstonBench
- 20Doug WyllieBench
- 21Peter DodsBench
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Ireland 72–55 Scotland, 5 drawn in 132 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Ireland going in
Scotland going in
- Previous meeting: 2 February 1985, Ireland 18–15 Scotland
- Next meeting on record: 21 February 1987
Also on this day
Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.